Apple ’s eagerly awaitedVision Promixed - reality headset , whichgoes on pre - lodge Fridayand will put down in shop on February 2 , has officially been announce for U.S. customers only . We presume it will eventually number to the U.K. and other countries , but no timeframe has so far been given for the wider release .
According to a new report , however , that may come a little earlier than expected . In aMedium articlepublished Tuesday , the reputable psychoanalyst Ming - Chi Kuo predicts that Vision Pro is likely to plunge outside the U.S. before WWDC 2024 , which probably takes place in June . That gives us an upper bound of four month ’ postponement , and potentially rather less apply that Apple wo n’t require news show coverage of the wider launch to bleed into publicity for WWDC . Could Apple make the promulgation at its traditional springiness event in March / April ? Perhaps that would be pushing it .
For comparing , the first - genesis iPhone make out out in the U.S. in June 2007 , with the European launching abide by in November of the same yr ( five months later ) and several major international markets have to waitress until the next yr . Canadian consumer terminate up jump the first generation entirely and make to waitress until the secondly - gen iPhone 3 G model .
The logical thinking behind Kuo ’s anticipation relates to Vision Pro ’s operating system , visionOS . WWDC is in the main focused on operating systems , after all , and Apple will want to utilise this class ’s group discussion to advance visionOS and to encourage software developers to write apps for it . A machine like this life history and become flat by the tone of its third - company software ecosystem .
“ If Apple can found Vision Pro in non - U.S. markets before WWDC 2024 , ” Kuo explains , “ it would be beneficial for raise the global development ecosystem of visionOS . ” More people wear Vision Pro headsets means more the great unwashed buying apps and more motivation for developer to spend their metre and resources clear apps .
That ’s a nice approximation , but as ever with large - plate launches , there are numerous trouble that could force Apple to hold up further . Kuo cites three factors that explain why the company ab initio launched only in the U.S. : limited stock ; difference in regularization between country and having to adjust software algorithms to account for that ; and want to see if the sale process goes smoothly in the U.S. before expanding the ware ’s scope . issue with any of those factors – such as the initial rollout die badly , confront logistical difficulties due to the farseeing demo , or but grim sales phone number – could draw Apple to think again about when it launches outside the U.S.
